'Wùik̓ala

Unadapted borrowing from Heiltsuk 'Wùik̓ala.

'Wùik̓ala

1. Alternative form of Oowekyala.
   • 2025 September 19 (last accessed), “Vancouver Coastal”, in First Nations Health Authority‎^[1]:

     The 'Wuìk̓inux̌v Nation is a member of the 'Wuìk̓inux̌v-Gitdisdzu-Nuxalk Tribal Council. The 'Wuìk̓inux̌v people speak 'Wuìk̓ala, a northern Wakashan language.

   • 2021 August 5, Gloria Dickie, “The Language of Bears: New research reveals a curious connection between British Columbia’s Indigenous language families, and the genetic variability of bears”, in Hakai Magazine‎^[2]:

     Along the central coast of British Columbia, grizzly bears go by many names. In the Sgüüx̣s language spoken by the Kitasoo Nation and the Sm’algyax language of the Gitga’at Nation, they are known as medi’ik. And in the Haíɫzaqvḷa, It7Nuxalkmc, ‘Wuik̓ala, and Xai’xais languages, bears are called nan. The reasons for such differences of language, new research suggests, may be similar to the reasons that grizzly groups differ genetically in the region.

   • 2007, Evelyn Windson Wákas, “Heiltsuk place names: a Wakashan perspective”, in Kristin M. Jóhannsdóttir and Martin A. Oberg, editors, ICSNL XLII UBCWPL020‎^[3]:

     I am one of the Wakashan speaking group. I speak the ‘Wuík̓ala (Oweekino) language. I learned to speak Hailzaqvla (Heiltsuk) language, and am now teaching this language.

• 'Wuìk̓inux̌v

• 'Wuík̓ala (Heiltsuk)

'Wùik̓ala

1. (Oowekyala) Oowekyala.

• 'Wuìk̓inux̌v